Insights on Cultural Worldviews and Public Support for Renewable Energy

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dc.contributor.authorBedle, Heather
dc.contributor.authorGarneau, Christopher R.H.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-05T14:00:20Z
dc.date.available2024-08-05T14:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2024-07
dc.description.abstractWe explore the relationship between cultural worldviews and support for renewable energy focusing on how individual worldviews of egalitarianism, individualism, hierarchy, and fatalism affect attitudes toward increasing solar and wind energy and decreasing fossil fuel usage. We find that egalitarianism is positively correlated with support for renewable energy and reducing fossil fuel consumption, while individualism is negatively correlated with these policies. Hierarchy emerges as a predictor of opposition to decreasing fossil fuels usage in the U.S. The cultural theory of risk provides a framework for interpreting these results, suggesting that an individuals' perceptions of the balance between nature and society shape their attitudes toward environmental risks, and therefore climate change mitigation strategies such as energy preference. This research demonstrates the importance of considering cultural worldviews when trying to understand the challenges and opportunities associated with energy transition.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewNoen_US
dc.identifier.citationBedle, H., & C.R.H. Garneau (2024). Insights on Cultural Worldviews and Public Support for Renewable Energy. SPEER Research Report.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/340558
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectSociology, General.en_US
dc.subjectPsychology, Social.en_US
dc.subjectEnergy.en_US
dc.titleInsights on Cultural Worldviews and Public Support for Renewable Energyen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
ou.groupMewbourne College of Earth and Energy::School of Geosciencesen_US

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